Wathog2 (Maurizio Monreale) supplied these pics a while ago. Shame on me for letting them sit in the in-tray so long! This is a truly magnificent model... just look at that weathering!

Maurizio explained his recipe for success:

"The kit is the very good 1/48 scale Hasegawa built out of the box. I used pe. Eduard set for cockpit and flaps.

Colours: I gave an undercoat of polished aluminium Metal Cote Humbrol and a preshading with black. Acrylics Tamiya were used for the entire model, lightening on the centre panels.

Weathering: scratches and chips with cutter, maskol(central floater) and a fine brushing with aluminium enamel. After a coat with Polly Scale gloss clear (the best for me), I gave a very thin wash with dark brown/black oil. The rust on the floatplane was given with little spots of burnt sienna oil paint, brushed away with a pointed brush.

After another coat of gloss clear, I posed the decals from the kit box; then I gave two lights coats of Polly Scale flat."



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Thanks!

Great stuff, I love the weathering on the float. I am just about to embark on building a N1K1 Kyofu float plane and I will certainly be checking this out again.
Thanks for the pics
Mal

Very nice Warthog2. I like the rust on the central float and the instrument panel looks very realistic. Outstanding job, Wingman out.

You did a great job weathering the Rufe
Very nice work and that would look so cool sitting on a water type base or diorama.

Great Modeling,
Wayne

A superior job of weathering

An exceptional model, what I aspire to

One thing, was the main float steel? Otherwise, aluminum doesn't rust.

Hi Fred

That's a good point - and I don't know the answer, but I've often been surprised by the amount of rust evident on "aluminium" aircraft due to steel components corroding internally.

All the best

Rowan

Hello,

The float would be aluminum, and heavily primed with a red oxide. Please see J-aircraft Rufe

I've not encountered rust on planes from internal steel, though it is conceivable. Sure it wasn't hydraulic fluid or something?

For Japanese air builders, I saw a color photo of the Ki-115 purpose-built kamikaze--it was made with steel, and it was rusting!

Still, a beautify Rufe!